PINK Concussions is the FIRST EVER non-profit organization with a highly personal and urgent mission to improve the pre-injury education and post-injury medical care for women and girls challenged by brain injury including concussion incurred from sport, violence, accidents or military service.
I was a member of the panel of women at a pre-conference symposium at the International Brain Injury Conference in Toronto in March, 2019.
The PINK Concussions Symposium was an afternoon scientific presentations of the sex and gender differences in female brain injury from medical experts along with a panel of women patients. Speakers from Canada, America, UK and Australia shared research from their countries on female athletes and non-athletes.The all-female patient panel, of which I was a member, shared their lived experiences of brain injury. It consisted of a cross-section of injuries from sports, domestic violence, work-related injuries, accidents, and military service. The goal of blending scientific findings from experts with the patient’s experience/perspective was to help translate research data into actionable-change in the clinical practice of the medical professionals attending the conference.
